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When Katerina Carson decided to close her eponymous North Side club at the end of June, music lovers grieved for the loss of an uncommonly intimate, user friendly room. But the tears turned out to have been premature, for over the weekend the space that was Katerina's, at 1920 W. Irving Park Rd. reopened as the High-Hat Club. Michael Polino, a popular bartender at the Green Mill Jazz Club, bought the place and has spent the past several months refurbishing it. On Saturday night, he welcomed visitors into the High-Hat for the first time, and the room was packed early in the evening. Better still, the venue combined the congenial ambience of Katerina's with a slightly...

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